June 2011
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The next few days...
I will be out of town for a family wedding. Intertubes access may be spotty, so if I’m not around, don’t worry — I’ll be back soon!
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Libertarians & Defamation
cerebralicious:
hipsterlibertarian:
Why shouldn’t it: Generally, I’d rather err on the side of more free speech than less. Many libertarians have made the case that slander, defamation, and the like should not be prosecuted because they do no actual harm — i.e. your reputation is not a tangible good which can be damaged; it’s just an idea in other people’s heads, and how can you justly...
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How far does and/or should free speech goes?
smt33 replied to your post: What are your thoughts on laws that make it illegal to protest at funerals? Obviously it is pretty low to protest a funeral, but should it be illegal?
how come the same unfiltered, absolute freedom of speech isn’t applied to defamation, slander or sexual harassment?
I’m not sure if you mean why doesn’t it or why shouldn’t it, so I’ll take a...
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murphisthinking asked: What are your thoughts on laws that make it illegal to protest at funerals? Obviously it is pretty low to protest a funeral, but should it be illegal?
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nowahklrk asked: What is your views on Greece given all the hubub? Would it be better for them to fail and hopefully rise from the ashes, all the while keeping the Euro and staying a full member of the EU or would it be better to at least reinstate the Drachma and break off from the Eurozone...?
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The core flaw of T.Paw's new hawkish foreign... →
[I]t cannot be that America wrongly propped up Middle Eastern and North African dictators over many decades, that its current policy is terribly wrongheaded, and that our elected leaders are uniquely possessed of the moral clarity to get things right in those regions. Pawlenty implicitly admits as much. “America already has one political party devoted to decline, retrenchment, and...
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10 of the TSA's Worst Actions →
Seriously, why is the TSA still around? Oh right — because Washington doesn’t care what you think or want.
UPDATE:
ezoquereifler replied to your link: 10 of the TSA’s Worst Actions
tsa is around so that you dont get shot on a plane. tsa is around so that people dont smuggle commercial and illegal goods over the skies. tsa is around because without it there would be laws...
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“Apparently, when the topic turns to people born outside the United States, all...”
– Immigration and Pie (via azspot)
Immigration is one of those few topics where there may be multiple, legitimate libertarian positions — but this is along the lines of how I think about it.
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"The Transportation Security Administration... →
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Afghanistan troop withdrawal won't bring us back...
shortformblog:
65k number of US troops in Afghanistan once the withdrawal is complete (September 2012)
33k number of US troops in Afghanistan when Barack Obama took office (January 2009) source
He’s such a peace president.
*eye roll*
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Today, "Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul... →
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Top 10 New Orwellian Euphemisms for the War in... →
10) A multilateral hazing rite to initiate Libya into the fraternity of free nations. 9) Operations abroad characterized more by their energy than any animus toward what I’ll refrain from calling the enemy. 8) The U.S. military’s unconventional audition for the upcoming season of Robot Wars. 7) A live ammunition training exercise meant to ensure the preparedness of American troops...
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The (Racist) History of Government-Regulated... →
From the article:
WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn’t, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents’ agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
For 16 centuries, Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a...
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eonjaw asked: Hi Bonnie - I'm John, and I'm a reformed Libertarian. I remain what is typically called a "civil libertarian," which is to say I support drug reform and gay rights, but I had to stop voting libertarian 'cause those guys at the time were running only corporate thugs whose sole platform was abolishing the EPA. I don't lump Ron Paul into this category, but the Koch...
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Why I'm suing the Obama administration over Libya... →
There is no issue more serious than war. Wars result in the loss of life and property. Wars are also expensive and an enormous economic burden.
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Of course, in 2007, then-Senator Obama spoke passionately about the need to go after the Bush administration for violating the War Powers Act — the very same thing he’s doing now. In fact, while speaking at DePaul University in October of 2007,...
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The Waste of War →
[This is my second article to be originally published at Antiwar.com.]
War, goes the saying, is just another big government program. Perhaps nowhere is that more obvious than the financial costs worldwide imperialism necessarily entails.
Just a few days ago, Defense Department officials announced that after extensive audits, they were still unable to locate $6.6 billion in cash which had been...
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“My advice: Leave the young people alone and they’ll find out that they prefer...”
– Dr. Ron Paul, pg. 316 Liberty Defined (via thetenthamendment)
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If you think the government is necessary to...
trueliberty:
conservativebrew:
Friendships don’t carry tax-exemptions nor promulgate a society.
By that logic then the government is necessary to legitimize children.
Also, it’s a bit of a stretch to say that friendship doesn’t promulgate society. I mean, maybe if you’re being super literal and simply mean it doesn’t produce children, then sure. But the mere...
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Guantánamo’s forgotten child: the sad story of... →
Mohammed El-Gharani was captured at 14 while simply praying in a mosque in Pakistan, where he had traveled to learn how to repair computers so he could start his own business. After 20 days of hanging by his wrists in a Pakistani prison, he was sold as supposed terror suspect to the US military and ultimately flown to Gitmo. Once there, despite his young age and having absolutely no charges...
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